So I was curious if there is something like a list of games that don't actually have Steam keys (if you try to buy them outside of Steam you cannot find Steam keys for them, only for their respective platforms e.g. Bethesda net, Uplay, Origin, Epic Games). There are no results when I searched through Google so I might as well try to make a list here in case someone finds it useful.

Personally I'd like to prioritize those games when shopping on Steam itself, and purchase those with Steam keys elsewhere since most of the time "elsewhere" is actually cheaper than Steam.

So far the games I know that don't have Steam keys are almost all Ubisoft games, all EA games, some Bethesda games (e.g. DOOM ETERNAL), those that are exclusive to Epic Store(duh, they might come to Steam one day).

Share your finds and I will try to make a list below.

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Reserved.

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Ubisoft games

All games come with uplay keys except for the games listed below.
Star Trek Bridge Crew - Steam key available.

Bethesda games

All games come with steam keys except for the games below.
DOOM ETERNAL - Bethesda net key. (steam key available in RU/CIS region)
Fallout 76 - Bethesda net key.
Wolfenstein: Youngblood - Bethesda net key.

EA games

All of their games come with Origin keys only.

Rockstar games

Some of their games come with steam keys. The rest are listed below.
Read Dead Redemption 2 - Epic Games key.
GTA V - Rockstar Social Club key(?)
L.A. NOIRE: THE COMPLETE EDITION - Rockstar Social Club key(?). Steam keys available for the base game.
MAX PAYNE 3: THE COMPLETE EDITION - Rockstar Social Club key(?). Steam keys available for the base game.
BULLY: SCHOLARSHIP EDITION - Rockstar Social Club key(?).
GRAND THEFT AUTO: SAN ANDREAS - Rockstar Social Club key(?). Some Steam keys available at certain places.
GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY - Rockstar Social Club key(?)
GRAND THEFT AUTO III - Rockstar Social Club key(?)

CDPR games

Their games usually come with GOG keys only.
Witcher 3 - GOG keys.
Cyberpunk 2077 - GOG keys.

Valve games

Some old boxed versions of their games might be coming with steam keys(?)

Other games/Indie games

These don't come with Steam keys:
Credit: jiggakills https://www.steamgifts.com/go/comment/DKN3vN4
Credit: thoughtfulhippo https://www.steamgifts.com/go/comment/PdjPlWf

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L.A. Noire was bundled, both the base game and the dlc (bundle).

L.A. NOIRE: THE COMPLETE EDITION
MAX PAYNE 3: THE COMPLETE EDITION
BULLY: SCHOLARSHIP EDITION
GRAND THEFT AUTO: SAN ANDREAS
GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY
GRAND THEFT AUTO III
were all together bundled in one bundle. (although the dlcs and the base games were in seperate keys)
https://isthereanydeal.com/specials/#/filter:search/lanoire

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Thanks, noted.

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You are wrong about EA games. I know for sure that there are steam keys to:
Burnout Paradise The Ultimate Box (recently removed from Steam)
SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition
Medal of Honor 2010
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising
This is just what I activated. I guess it works for other old EA games too
P.S: The Bethesda certainly has the keys to Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim,

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yeah, there was a humble origin bundle that gave steam copies for a bunch of origin games a while back (looks like it's this one/SG post)

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There was an old Humble Bundle bundle with EA games that gave steam keys. I am not sure you can find those now though.

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DOOM Eternal have steam key but not in all regions
example for RU/CIS https://zaka-zaka.com/game/doom-eternal

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Thanks, noted.

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Rockstar - GTA V is the first I think of.

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Thanks, added rockstar games.

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Baldur's Gate III seems not be on any reliable seller. And all the key site indicate towards "gift"...

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I can find it only on Steam and GOG. No resellers have the game looks like.

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Most Koei Tecmo games don't have keys

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There are some of their games on Humble Bundle Store with steam keys.

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maybe Prominence but not sure.

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It's also in the Humble Store and is provided via key.

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Not sure if it counts, but buying Subnautica: Below Zero through Humble Bundle doesn't give you a key, instead it automatically adds the game to your Steam library (or gives you an inventory gift to redeem, not sure). You can't get the game outside of Steam/EGS otherwise and there are no keys for it. It could change in the future seeing as it's in early access and the original Subnautica has regular keys.

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DOOM Eternal does come with a Steam key, though. Not sure if there are stores that sell them but they've been around

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Torchlight III is only available on Steam.

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I think The Witcher 3 is one of those games where you get a GOG key.

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Indeed, same with Cyberpunk 2077

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Thanks, added.

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Thanks, added.

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Looks like all Nekopara games are only available on Steam?

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I'm not aware of a list, and I'm not sure you can craft and ITAD filter to produce such a list. But I'm guessing there is quite a few. These are games on my radar:

Only on Steam:
All Walls Must Fall A TechNoir Tactics Game
BEA Walker
BallisticNG Outer Reaches
Bloody Rally Show
Buoyancy
Castle Must Be Mine
Celestial Command
Chronicle Unit Eight
CounterAttack
Cows VS Vikings
Danganronpa Another Episode Ultra Despair Girls
Despotism 3k
Door Kickers 2 Task Force North
Eight Dragons
Element
Groove Gunner
Hades
Halo The Master Chief Collection
Hexa Trains
Home Sheep Home Farmageddon Party Edition
Humble Pie
Infernal Radiation
Interrogation You will be deceived
Jetstream
Kindergarten 2
KnotBot
Lennas Inception
Monster Logic
Neon Noodles Cyberpunk Kitchen Automation
Neversong
Nobodies Murder Cleaner
OSPath
Outer Wilds
Oxygen Not Included
PocketCars
Poly Bridge 2
Rip Them Off
Rogue Legacy 2
Selfless Heroes
Serious Sam Tormental
Shallow Space
SpaceBourne
Spaceland
Starcom Nexus
Streets of Rage 2
Streets of Rage 3
Superliminal
TINY METAL
The Colonists
The Secret Order 7 Shadow Breach
The Secret Order 8 Return to the Buried Kingdom
Tinertia
Tiny Bubbles
We Were Here
Wildermyth
Woven
Zaccaria Pinball

Only on Steam (VR games):
Abode
Accounting Legacy
Accounting
Alcatraz VR Escape Room
Angry Birds VR Isle of Pigs
Apollo 11 VR HD
Blade and Sorcery
Discovering Space 2
FORM
HalfLife Alyx
Holopoint
Moss
Natural Locomotion
Nefertari Journey to Eternity
Nevrosa Escape
OVERVIEW A Walk Through The Universe
Short Circuit VR
SightLineVR
The Puzzle Room VR Escape The Room
The Room VR A Dark Matter
The Thrill of the Fight VR Boxing
Titanic VR
Toran
VR Dungeon Knight
Vector 36
Westworld Awakening

On Steam & GOG/Itch:
art of rally
A Short Hike
ADOM Ancient Domains Of Mystery
ATOM RPG Postapocalyptic indie game
ATOM RPG Trudograd
Afterpartya
Amnesia Rebirth
Backspace Bouken
Broken Lines
DARQ Complete Edition
Drox Operative 2
Eastshade
Encased A SciFi PostApocalyptic RPG
Jenny LeClue Detectivu
Resolutiion
Robo Instructus
Space Grunts 2
Space Pirates And Zombies 2
Spring Falls
TANGLEWOOD
Tallowmere 2 Curse of the Kittens
The Pedestrian
VirtuaVerse
Xeno Crisis

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Streets of Rage 2 was included in a sega gift bundle a few years ago.
True, there the key activated several more games:
https://steamdb.info/sub/242993/apps/

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Yeah, I notice some have been bundled long time ago (and available on keystores) even though they are not available from legitimate resellers.

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DARQ - bundled (Steam key), Eastshade activated via Steam key... and many of the others were bundled and they can be activated via Steam Key... :) I think the point of this is something else... if you buy it from somewhere else (HB store for example) and if you buy Ubisoft games they are for Uplay and the only way to get them on Steam is to buy them there...

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Yes, some have been bundled in the past (e.g. Groupies Greenlight bundles) even though keys cannot be bought from legitimate stores.

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Thanks, noted.

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I'm not sure if it counts, but Coloring Pixels DLC is not available anywhere except Steam Store.
Base game is free.

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Grounded is not avaliable in form of Steam-keys. Only direct purchase on Steam or Windows Store i think.

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It is, but only on grey market sites.

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Probably stolen codes from some event or promo or something.

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Related to the thread but being the total opposite, I don't undertand how games like "Halo - The MasterChief collection" are being sold at key stores like Kinguin, where are those keys coming from?

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Fallout 76
Wolfenstein: Youngblood

they share the same fate as Doom Eternal - only Bethesda.net keys

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Thanks. Added.

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Peggle Deluxe
Astro Pop Deluxe
Iggle Pop Deluxe
Zuma Deluxe
Zuma's Revenge
Cake Mania Collection
Cake Mania Main Street
Westward Collection
Westward® IV: All Aboard
Build-a-lot Collection
Bejeweled 2 Deluxe
Bejeweled Twist
Bejeweled Deluxe
Insaniquarium! Deluxe
Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption
The Settlers® : Rise of an Empire - History Edition
The Settlers® : Heritage of Kings - History Edition
The Settlers® 7 : History Edition

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I assume these are games with no steam keys?

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